1. European Nations Settle North America

3. Further Exploration Cabot (England) explores area around Newfoundland
Cartier (France) explores St. Lawrence R.
Hudson (Netherlands) finds Hudson Bay while looking for the “northwest passage”

4. The French New France 1608 Samuel Champlain
Founds Quebec – base of New France

5. French Colonies Goals:
Priests spread Christianity / convert the Native Americans
Young, single men engaged in fur trade
More interested in making $$ than occupying territory
Established for fur trade
* Not a big desire to build towns or raise families
No large colonies
Mostly single men buying, selling, and trapping beaver (brown gold)

6. The Dutch New Netherland (1609) Henry Hudson Fur trade with Iroquois
Welcomed a variety of people to attract colonists

7. Dutch Colonies Surrender land to English
1664, the English drive out the Dutch (“Dutch Wedge”)
Re-name the colony New York
By 1750, 1.2 million English live in the 13 colonies

8. The English First attempt: Roanoke Island, 1585 Failure
Jamestown is next!

9. English Colonies Jamestown funded by joint-stock companies
Pilgrims/Puritans seek religious freedom at Plymouth/ Massachusetts Bay
Many early difficulties
Less land than French but more people (Settlement)

10. Jamestown (1607) Jamestown (1607) Named after King James I
Coast of Virginia
Too interested in gold than food
7 of 10 died in first few years

11. Jamestown Fort & Settlement Map
Geographic/environmental problems??

12. The English Plymouth Bay Pilgrims Super strict separatists
Seek religious freedom
Massachusetts Bay
Puritans
Want to build a model community and purify the Anglican Church

14. Relationships with Native Americans
Trade with French and Dutch
Hostility with English settlers - wars

15. Population of the New England Colonies
Time for a new labor source?

16. England Battles France
With the Dutch defeated, the French and English remain
The French and Indian War ( )
French and Native Americans vs. British and Native Americans
British become the dominant power in North America!!!